Bix

Who said that?

I obviously need to Bate more.

ianandhelena

yes i'm afraid it does...when you get to the point that you're shouting "oh my god that feels so good", your eyes are actually closed so you are effectively blind...

mohogony

Do Australians have worse eyesight or more eye problems then people in the UK ? anyone got the statisitcs, l'm too lazy to look them up. the sun is stronger then the UK but lt would'nt it take 30 or 40 years to deteriorate your eyesight not 2 years.

ozhopeful

don't people get it, it's not the sun it's your age, the sun plays no part, it's not the sun, age, not sun nothing to do with the sun....


age




... getting the message?

spartacus

I'm sorry but you're all going to have to speak up a bit . . . it's my eyesight you see . . . never been the same since I moved here . . .

ozhopeful

only go out at night and avoid the sun at all costs and you'll never have any eye problems... but then the english would have great eyes wouldn't they..


actually i'm going to give that bates thing a go.. and eat a lot of carrots... and no longer touch myself in a loving way. Job done

dhama

Hi
Nice article. Even DR.Bates was kicked out of the hospital for this controversy. It may not cure myopia but definitely will relive the stress form your eyes. My daughter was diagnosed -3 at the age of 8. But after doing these exercises for a year she is now -1.75. When i visit to optometrist every time in usa and they refused to belive that she had improved her vision instead they use to blame previous optometrist that they have over corrected her eye sight. It is a lengthy story and big concept.Hope you can understand. What ever the reason but she is improving from mypoia and its a surprise. That is all i would say now.

Thanks and Regards
Dhama

ozhopeful

that's good news and i'm sure if she continues the exercises she will be able to go without glasses soon.

ps are you and or her mother short sighted by any chance?

dhama

No Both we don't wear glasses. But unfortunately she had developed Myopia due to excess reading and squinting the eyes etc.

ozhopeful

sorry dhama but although excexssive near focussing is one of the theories of causing ss to progress, it's almost unheard of under 10 (how much did she read), i'm afraid i'd go along with a massive over refraction in the first place.
-3.00 at that age is unusual (and reducing from there is even more unusual)

but it would be impossible to comment accurately on her specific case.
find an optometrist you trust and keep doing the exercises, at best they can't hurt.
if she reads excessivley then limit sessions as it's extended periods that possibly cause shifts.

do youself a favour and google some evidence based research about myopia progression.

dhama

Thanks for your concern. Yes i did . Her myopia will keep increasing up to the age of 18 atleast. But many doctors surprised that she can read 5 lines in the snellen chart without any Glasses .But computer eye testing shows that still she has three power. But with glasses -1.75 she can read all the 7 lines. Exercise gave her lot of confidence and improvement. yes she reads many books in day. There was a time i remember that i came to know that she use to read the story books in the night after going to bed with cell phone light.

BadgeIsBack

It's no joke - without my contacts or glasses I can't hear anyone either. People don't realise how much people lip-read.

BadgeIsBack

From wikipedia..make of it what you will..

"Daylight may prevent myopia. Australian researchers had concluded that exposure to daylight appeared to play a critical role in restricting the growth of the eyeball, which is responsible for myopia or short-sightedness.

In Australia, the overall prevalence of myopia (worse than −0.50 diopters) has been estimated to be 17%.[33] In one recent study, less than 1 in 10 (8.4%) Australian children between the ages of 4 and 12 were found to have myopia greater than −0.50 diopters.[34] A recent review found that 16.4% of Australians aged 40 or over have at least −1.00 diopters of myopia and 2.5% have at least −5.00 diopters.[35]"

Less than I would have thought!

ABCDiamond

It's the fault of education.....